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FARE REGISTER.

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0. KORPHAGE FARE REGISTER.

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PATENT CHARLES KORFHAGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO VILLIAM J.RICHARDSON, OF SAME PLACE.

FARE-REGISTER.

SJPECE'EICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,728, dated July-8, 1884.

Application filed Settembcr 21, 1881. (ModeL) To aZZ whom it mayconcern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES KORFHAGE, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Fare-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved portable registerfor indicating the number of fares received during one day from thepassengers by the conductor of a railroad-car, who, on the receipt ofeach fare, has to press a knob, which sounds a bell and indicates a uniton the index-wheel.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of thevarious parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, whereby, insounding gongs of different sound for half and full fares, therespective unit-indices will invariably have completed the movement ofthe space of one unit on their respective'dials for each stroke of thebell or gong, so that no indication can occur without sounding'the gong,and no sound of the latter without corresponding indication, and wherebythe gearing and dials are rendered invisible and inaccessible to theconductor, and suitable devices are provided to receive and retaincompactly within the register casing a watch or time -piece, and toprotect the winding and setting of the same from improperinterference,while allowing of removing and replacing thewatch-receptacle independently of all parts of the register.

In the accompanying two sheets of drawings, Figure 1 represents anoutside front view of my improved car-register. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe same, the hinged andlocked cover being partly broken away to showthe dial and the button-studs for securing the front cover to thecasing. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section taken on the line w m ofFigs. 1 and 2, and seen in the direction of the arrows 1 in Figs. 1, 2,4, and 5. Fig. 4 is a front view seen from the line 1/ y of Fig. 3, thefront covers of the watclrreceptacle and register-gearing being removed.Fig. 5 is a front view of the same when seen from the section-line z zof Fig. 3, the half-fares gong-bell and the feedpawl and lever of thehalf-fares unit-wheel being removed. Fig. 6 is a detail section throughthe line 1; o of Fig. 2 of the hinge of the dial-cover.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

A designates the main casing, formed of cast metal, preferably in theshape and proportions shown in the drawings, and provided with side lugsor rings, a, for attaching a chain, by which, when in use, it issuspended from the neck and shoulders of the car-conductor. The 60 lowerportion of the hollow casting A is wider than the upper portion, asshown, and contains the gearing and gong-sounding machinery, the latterbeing operated by means of two knobs, B and B, attached to rods 1) b,which project upward from the enlarged portion of the casing, one on.each side of the smaller portion, as shown in the drawings. The movableparts are pivoted to and between the closed back of the casing A, and afront plate, O, fastened at proper distance from the said back by screwsto studs 0, which latter are formed on or attached to the back of thecasing A.

The lower and main portion of the casingA is covered in front byaflanged perforated convex plate, D, within which is fastened, by onecentral screw, 6, the larger gong-bell, E, the sounding of whichannounces the registration of five-cent or full. fares. The perforationsin So the cover D are made to allow free propagation of the sound of thegong-bells. The cover D is fastened to the casing A from the outside bythe screws cl; but, in order to prevent its being detached by theconductor, it has, in addition to the said screws d, twolaterallyopposite studs, F, which are formed on or attached to the saidcover D, and project inside to the back of the casing A. These studsFhave toes f formed on their inner ends, and a button, G, pivoted to theinside of the'back of the casing A, is made to engage with each toe f,and thus lock the cover D tightly to the front of the casing A. One endof each but ton G has a slot, g, in which engages a small 5 pin, It,fastened eccentrically upon the inner end of a stud or larger pin, H,which latter is fitted to turn in the back of the casing A, and

projects ontsideot' the latter, the outer end being provided with aflattened or square portion, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, adapted to begrasped and turned with a sniiall wrench or pair of pliers. The stud andpin 11h thus form a crank, by turning which about onefourth to one-halfof one revolution the button G- may be oscillated upon its pivot toengage with or discharge from the toef, and thereby respectively l'astenor nnl'asten the cover I). The square ends of the studs 11, as well asthe indices of the register and other parts desired to be protectedagainst tampering, are concealed by a cover, I, hinged between lugs onthe outside oi the back of the casing A, said cover being secured by alock, J, (preferably a Yale lock,) in the casing A, the key to whichlock should be kept in the railroad ol'lice.

To prevent detaching the cover ,1; by removing its hinge-pinj, thelatter is secured by a screw, 17, entering it from the inside of thecasing A through one of the hinge-lugs, as shown in Fig. (i.

The whole upper portion ol' the front oi the casingA, above the cover1), is covered by one plate, K, l'astened by screws 7., onwhich plateare marked in large .ligures thenumbers 3 and 5 -adjacent to the knobsl3 and Ill, respectively, the said numbers serving to indicate to theconductor which knob to press when registering a threc-cent or halfl'are, or a five-cent or full l'arc, respectively. The plate K has acylindrical central opening surrounded by a ring-flange, ll, betweenwhich and a bezel, l, are held the edges of a.- watch-crystal. or glassplate, 2, covering the front of said opening. The space within theringllangc L is intended to receive a watch, which is then inclosed,from. the back, by a suitably-shaped plate, M, secured by screws in, tothe back or inner side 01' the plate K. The ring L, glass plate Z, andback plate, l\l', thus l'orin together a chamber in the plate K, inwhich chamber a watch, when inserted, is permanently incloscd andprotected apart from the register-gearing and easing A, and will. beremoved from the latter without disturbing the lower front cover, 1), orany other part of the casing, or of the register mechanism by theunlhstening of the plate K.

In the casing A, centrally behind the plate )1, is arranged the smallergong-bell, N,whieh is sounded to announce the registration of three-centor hall i'ares. The bell N is fastened in place by a screw, it, goingthrough the back of the casing, and upon the outer end of the screw itis pivoted a circular disk, 0, having a small knob or thumb-piece, l, bywhich it may be turned. lloles 0 are bored simultaneously through thecasing A, the bell N, and plate M in two places suitable to gain acccssto the winding and setting arbors of the watch, and these two holes arecovered by the disk 0, except when the latter is so turned that the twoholes 0 made through it come directly opposite to the holes 0'. Accessto unl'aslen the disk 0, in order to turn it into the said position, canbe had only alter lirst unlocking the hinged cover I, when the littlepin q (see Figs. 2, at, and 5) is pressed outward in its slot, while thedisk 0 is turned by the knob P. This is effected in the followingmanner: The disk 0 has a little stop-pin, p, projecting inward through aslot in the casing, and held in the locked position by the hooked on dof a spring-catch lever, Q, pivoted to the casing A, as shown in Fig -:tand 5. The aioresaid pin 1 is .lastened to the :l'ree end 01' the lever(Q, so that when the said pin is pushed out ward, as before said, theoscillation of the lever Q, eit'ected thereby will cause the catch towithdraw from the stop pin p and allow of turning the disk 0 the p ropcrdistancedimited by the length of the slotin which the said stoppin isworking. To again lock the disk 0 it only necessary to turn it in theopposite direction until the stopvpin p has sprung the lcver Q back farenough for the said pin to pass over and again engage with the catch.

Ill will now describe how the fares are regis tel-ed by depressingtheknobs l3 1 connneneing with the three-cent or so-called halt fares.

The inner end of the red I) is redi'iccd in size, forming a shoulder atthe upper end ol' the reduced portion, between which shoulder and aguide-lug (Itlnrough which latter the lower end of the reduced shankslides) a spi ral spring, F surrounding the said shank, expands andraises the rod '13 to its normal position when the pressure is removedfrom the knob 13; A small pin, 1', upon the rod 1) engages in theslotted outer end of a pivoted lever, S, to whose inner end is pivoted apawl, 8, having a grooved woirkingsuri'ace at one side a little distancebelow its upper end, as shown in Fig. 4-, with which working-surlace itengages a pin, '15, on the side of the ratchetwheel U. A spring, T,attached with one end to the plate 0 and with the other end to a pin onthe pawl s, a little above its pivot, keeps the pawl bearingagainstthcpin t on the wheel U, the long toelikc projection of the pawlw above its grooved workingsurl'acc striking the next pin 'Las the pawlrecedes from contact with the previous one, and thus preventing the pawlfrom slipping olt the said next pin, and always insuring the properworking contact between the pawl and pin. The pins 6 are ten and theratchet-teeth 'l'orty in number, thus making the ratchetniwl 2, which iskept in working cont-act by the spring 3, pass lour teeth, while theiced-pawl. a, raised by the pressure on the knob ll pushes the wheelaround through the space of one pin 1.

On the arbor oi' the wheel U is a pinion, w,

of six teeth, which meshes with a wheel, T, of

ninety teeth, thus making the wheel U count up to ten and the wheel toone hundred and iii'ty fares. On the outer ends of the arbors Uareindices u 1', which, as they tu rn around,

point to figures on dials marked upon the outside of the casing A. Theindex n" is held by friction upon its arbor, and the index n is fast;but the wheel 'V is loose upon the arbor of the index '11, and turns thesaid arbor by friction against a spring-plate, if, which is fast uponthe arbor and presses upon the wheel. This construction allows ofturning the indices back to zero after a days work without turning thewheels with them.

Y is the bell-hammer whose pivoted shankhub is provided with an arm ortoe, Z, pressed by a spring, a, which keeps it in the normal positionshown in Fig. 4:, the hammer-shank bearing against a stop fastened tothe plate 0. The toe Z projects in between the pins t, and as the wheelU turns around through the space of one pin (or four teeth on theratchet) the said pin strikes the toe Z, turning it on its pivot againstthe action of the spring 2, and moving the hammer Y away from the bell Nuntil, 011 the pawl Z engaging the fourth and last tooth of the throw,(the index on the wheel U having moved forward on the dial through aspace corresponding to one fare,) the toe Z passed by the pin whichtemporarily engages it is left free to yield to the pressure of thespring 2, and the'hammer Y makes one stroke against the bell N.

As the number of fares received one day on any one car is never likelyto exceed one hundred and fifty half-fares and one thousand full fares,the registers are constructed to count up only as high as to the saidnumbers.

The mechanism for registering the five-cent fares is very similar tothat for registering the three-cent fares.

The rod 1) of the knob B is connected with its lower end to one end of apivoted lever, a", to the other end of which lever is pivoted thefeedpawl 8, working in the pins 15 of the ratchet-wheel U, exactlysimilar to the wheel U, the pawl s and its action being also similar tothe pawl s, with the exception thatit is an elbow-lever pivoted at itselbow, and has a link, 1 pendent from its shorter arm, which link has apin attached to its lower end; and upon said pin rests the free end of aspring,

T, fastened to the casing A, which spring byv its tension keeps thefeed-pawl s in working contact with the pins t, and also causes therod 1) to rise and resume its normal position when the pressure isremoved from the knob B. The hammer Y has an arm or toe, Z, upon thepivoted hub to which its shank is attached, and its stroke upon the bellE is produced in exactly the same manner as that of the hammer Y on thebell N, the spring 2 (attached to the plate 0) acting with its freeend-against the small pin 1 on the hammershank, and impelling the hammerY against the bell E, when the toe Z is released from contact with thetemporarily engaging pin t. The ratchet-pawl 4 is held to its work bythe spring 5.

On the arbor of the wheel U is a pinion, if,

of six teeth, which gears into the wheel of sixty teeth, and on thearbor of the latter is a pinion. w, of six teeth, which gears into thewheel X, which latter has sixty teeth. Thus the indices 1;, w, and 00,attached to the outer ends of the arbors of the wheels V, W, and X,respectively, will indicate on their respective dials in the properproportion of 1, 10,100; and when the index achas completed one turn onits dial and got back to zero the highest number, 1000, has then beenreached. The index 00 is fast upon its arbor, and the motion 18communicated by friction merely between the loose turning-wheel X andthe friction disk or plate 00 which latter is fast on the arbor. Theother indices, '0 and w, are held by friction merely upon their arbors,and thus all indices can be turned back to zero by hand without movingthe wheels with them. When the highest number on the dials has beenreached by the respective indices 0) and x, the latter are stopped onzero by little indexshaped stops fl] and 00, which are pivoted to theback of the casing A, and are oscillable slightly between two littlepins attached to the casing A, one on each side of each index'stop. tolimit such movement, as shown in Fig. 2. The object of the said pins isto allow the stopindex to be moved just far enough on either side of thezero-line to enable the person who takes the index at the end of eachday to turn the pointer (12 or so) back exactly upon the zero-line, andto allow the pointer, after traversing the whole dial, to fully reachthe zero line from the other side of the stop-index before being stoppedby the latter striking the opposite side pin. I

If desired to expose the dials to View, the

back cover, I, may be provided with an opening having a glass paneinserted from the 1nside. If desired to count up higher figures thanshown on the dial, more wheels may be added forthat purpose.

I am aware that pivoted stops have heretofore been used to limit themovement of dialwheels; but such stops have been situated in side of aoasing,and are not in plain view-and adapted to be operated by directcontact of the indexes, as in my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a portable fare-register, the combination of the reciprocatingpush-rod 11, carrying the pin 0-, with the lever S, having a forked endto engage with said pin 1", the pawl s, the spring T,exerting itspressure both upon the pawl s and lever S, the ratchet-wheel U, providedwith the pins t, and carrying the index a. and the spring bell-hammer Y,provided with an arm, Z, for engaging with the pins t, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

2. In a fare-register, the combination of the pressure-rod b, thepivoted lever r, the elbowlever feed-pawl 8, working in the teeth orpins t on the disk of the ratchet-wheel U, and pivoted to the lever r,the link 1", attached to the short arm of the elbon lever r, and thespring .I.", all constructed and arranged substantially as specified.

3. In a portable tare-register, a casing earrying the registering andgong mechanism and provided with a glass-diced recess or chamber forreceiving a watch, in combination with the perforations 0, theperforated pivoted disk 0, carrying the pin 1), and the spring-catch Q,as and for the purpose specified.

In a i'areregister, the front cover, I), provided with the studs 1*, andshoulders f upon the said studs, in combination with the buttons G- andtheir operating devices 111, the accessible ends of the latter beingconcealed by the hinged locking-cover 1', substantially as specified.

In a iare-register, the combination of. the glass-coveredWatch-receptacle formed 01' the ring Land back plate, M, the latterhaving holes 0 for access to set and wind the watch, with the casing Aand pivoted locking-disk 0, having corresponding holes, 0, and with thespring catch-lever Q, acting against a pin, p, going through a slot inthe casing from the 1 outside of the said disk, said lever (9, havingpin 1 projecting through a similar slot in the casing A, and concealedby the hinged locking-eover I, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

(5. In a fare-register, the combination, with the casing A, providedwith the lower front cover, D, of a separately-detzullntble plate, K,covering the upper front portion of the easing A, and havingglass-covered watclmreceptacle, M, substantially as shown, whereby thesaid receptacle and watch-works contained therein may be removed andreplaced inde pendently of all parts of the fine-register and itseasing.

'7. In a late-register, the combination of the casin A, havinghinge-lugs, the dial loclc. cover I, having hinge-pin j entering holesin said lugs, and the screw i,entta'ing-the surtace of the said pinjfrom the inside olthe casing A, as and tor the purpose set forth.

Witnesses: 7

JOHN M. STEIIIL n, A. W. Ai'arorrs'r.

